Some New South African Mosses. 
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Physcomiteium succuleatum, Wager and Wright. (Plate I. D.) 
Caespitosum, caulis erectus parvus, nullis ramis ; folia patentia sicca 
contorta, 1^-2 mm. longa prope aeque lata, a parte superiore paulo latiora 
apice acuto, margine integerrimo, nervo robusto ad apicem vix producto. 
Cellulis paulo remissis, hexo-rectangularibus, a basi niagis uniforniibus, 
circa 40-50 mu. longis, chlorophyllosis. Pedunculus brevis 5-7 mm. 
longus. Theca longa pyriformis a basi fastigata, cervice vix distincta, ore 
parvo ; operculo prope piano, cellulis in rectis lineis e centro ad 
marginem. Peristomium praesens sed rudimentarium, 16 dentibus ab 
interiore parte oris 6-8 mu. longis nulla membrana distincta; calyptra 
pallide flava, tumida, rostro longo acuto totam thecam includens Integra 
praeter unam fissuram ad basim. Sporis irregularibus, circa 20 mu. 
diametro. 
Habit. — Tumulis soloque laxo. 
This moss is distinguished by the acute leaves v^ith fairly regular 
cells by the unbroken calyptra, the rudimentary peristome. It is 
evidently closely allied to P. Maclei, Eeh. 
Hymenostomum opacum, Wager and Dixon. (Plate 1. E.) 
Caespitosum crispatum, pallide viride, circa 12-15 mm. altum. Caulis 
erectus paucis ramis. Folia patentia, sicca contorta, 2-3 mm. longa, 
angusto-oblonga, lanceolata, apice obtuso, margine integro planoque, nervo 
robusto in punctum acutum validumque excurrente. Cellulis parvis 
quadratis densis valde opacis, cellulis mutatis sensim basim in cellules 
mergentibus longiore rectangulares translucentes cellulae superiores 
subpapillosae. Pedunculus circa 12 mm. longa fulva. Theca oblonga, 
cylindrica, symmetrica, fulva, operculo breviter conico obliquo ore latiore, 
sine peristomio vel membrana obtigente. Sporis laevibus circa 20 mu. 
diametro. 
Habit. — Humidis tumulis. Van Eeenen, Natal. 
Oedipodium australe, Wager and Dixon. (Plate I. F.) 
Herbae parvae breves paululum cristatae clare virides, rhizomate 
repente ramosoque. Folia patentia sicca valde contracta pleraque ad 
apicem in formam calicis aggregata, 3-5 mm. longa, concava, lata, 
obovata subspathulataque basim versus paululum angustata, nervo 
angusto ad apicem producto in validum mucronem excurrente, margine 
integerrimo. Cellulis amplioribus irregulariter polygonalibus, 50-60 mu. 
longis, 30-50 mu. latis ad apicem marginemque paulo minoribus, basim 
versus rectangularioribus. Gemmae in cahce terminali. Theca ignota. 
